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Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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That link only shows: "Access Denied You don't have permission to access " http://m.cdw.com/product/oracle-vm-virtualbox-enterprise-lic... on this server."

Works for me. Are you accessing this from the US?

It seems that it blocks ukrainian users entirely. Even in https://www.cdw.com/

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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According to the change log, the guest to host escape vulnerability with the e1000 networking driver was not fixed, or at least it is not listed as being fixed. Is this correct that it is not fixed? https://github.com/MorteNoir1/virtualbox_e1000_0day

Oracle has an arcane policy of not mentioning any security fixes for any of their managed products, except for once a quarter. The flaw has been fixed as of 5.2.22, but the VirtualBox devs are not allowed to mention it until sometime in January I think.

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Works for me. Are you accessing this from the US?

It seems that it blocks ukrainian users entirely. Even in https://www.cdw.com/

Guessing it's blocking non-US users - couldn't get to it from Australia. VPN works fine, though.

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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post #83
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That link only shows: "Access Denied You don't have permission to access " http://m.cdw.com/product/oracle-vm-virtualbox-enterprise-lic... on this server."

Works for me. Are you accessing this from the US?

Switzerland has also "Access Denied".

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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You explicitly need to install them and accept the license

Hmm, there used to be an "ose" edition which lacked some usb patch through stuff I believe, it's not related to that? Haven't seen that in a while but it used to be 2 separate downloads... So it's not any of that stuff you can select on the "Custom Setup" screen then...

It's a seperate download, not anything that you can get with the normal VirtualBox installer.

On an unrelated note, have you considered a third-party X server for windows, like Xming or VcXsrv, for use with your WSL apps?

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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I love how the website has been keep basically unchanged through the years. Its design is clear and easily navigable. I hope it doesn't change.

I think (guessing) that's because this site is 90% just-a-slightly-themed Trac install. It's admirable that the design for that tool has stayed so consistent. https://trac.edgewall.org/

It's nice when things that work don't get change for changing's sake.

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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But can't the poor souls stuck on windows use hyper-v and RDP into the vm?

I use hyper-v and rdp every day, very happy with both. I even run Linux VMs in hyper-v.

Can you run singularity-container or docker in your Linux guest?

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Avoid VirtualBox and becoming trapped in the non-free & personal use only extension by using one of the very decent open source alternatives Boxes[1] or virt-manager[2] [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Apps/Boxes [2] https://virt-manager.org/

That's garbage.

I am not trapped. It's free enough as far as I am concerned.

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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Exactly, I'm upvoting this to prevent poor souls stuck on Windows from looking for these nice solutions...

But can't the poor souls stuck on windows use hyper-v and RDP into the vm?

Can't you only RDP (and here is the qualifier) out-of-the-box with an "Enhanced Guest" VM, like what comes with some of the later Windows 10 builds, like 1809?

Otherwise, don't you have to do everything by hand to configured xrdp on the Linux guest?

Re: VirtualBox 6.0 released

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post #95
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, there used to be an "ose" edition which lacked some usb patch through stuff I believe, it's not related to that? Haven't seen that in a while but it used to be 2 separate downloads... So it's not any of that stuff you can select on the "Custom Setup" screen then...

It's a seperate download, not anything that you can get with the normal VirtualBox installer. On an unrelated note, have you considered a third-party X server for windows, like Xming or VcXsrv, for use with your WSL apps?

Yes, it works, still doesn't really come near the experience of a full VM with dropdown terminals and sshfs in the filemanager etc.
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